I'm breastfeeding my 8 month old DD. She's a very enthusiastic feeder and demonstrates her enthusiasm by grabbing handfuls of my hair/flesh and pulling, digging her nails in me, whacking me repeatedly on the chest/face, and her new favourite is attempting to fling her legs over my shoulder. I won't even mention the teething-related nipple-gnawing.
I understand that this is all normal, and I feel terrible for admitting it, but it's starting to really, really annoy me. I even had to unlatch her, put her down, and walk away for a couple of minutes this afternoon as I was getting so irritated with her.
I've fought so hard to breastfeed - nipple damage, nipple shields, abscess - so it seems bizarre to the rational part of my brain that what's making me question whether I can carry on is essentially her enjoyment! She's a very wriggly baby anyway, and has always been an active feeder, but I guess now she's bigger and stronger it feels a bit much sometimes.
I don't even know what I want really! Someone to tell me that it's ok to just want her to leave me alone occasionally?! I have a feeling people feeding older DCs are going to tell me it gets worse...